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ARTS INTERVIEW: THE PIN-DOWN GIRLSPDG = Positively Dangerous Great Dancing"We are lucky to really love each other, which makes the dancing that much better! As a woman, the choreography is really empowering, and it’s such a rush to perform on s |
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MUSIC REVIEW: JOE LOVANO - 'BIRD SONGS'New Album Gives Us a Jazz Passport to the Past, Present & FutureThe sound on “Loverman” has a tone timbre all its own. It has a certain fresh and youthful quality without the familiar overtones associated with the other two saxes. |
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MUSIC INTERVIEW: CHUCK LOEB OF FOURPLAYNew Jazz Album 'Let's Touch the Sky' is Adventurous, Interactive, Sensuous...and Sexy“Sexy”--that smooth yet possibly playful and frisky thing we’re not supposed to talk about in polite society. |
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ARTS REVIEW: MARK DANIELEWSKI'S 'THE FIFTY YEAR SWORD'REDCAT Presents Original Illustrated Ghost Story on Halloween NightThe reading was enacted by the lost art of shadow painting and executed by shadow casters, which, in itself, sounds intriguingly ominous. |
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MUSIC REVIEW: JOHN LEGEND AND THE ROOTS AT THE GRAMMY MUSEUMAn Intimate Evening To Introduce The New Album 'WAKE UP!'“When it seemed there couldn’t be more, there was more...until the floor was actually vibrating underneath us with some otherworldly energy...” |
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ARTS REVIEW: THE HOT CLUB OF DETROIT - LIVE AT THE METROPOLAn Eclectic Mix Of Reinhardt, Beneke, Brecht, Weill & Stravinsky DissonanceIt was just that kind of an evening – no one missed a beat – we were all in it together. When it was said to Perri, “It’s true that any kind of music can be suited to yo |
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ART REVIEW: BENISE - 'THE SPANISH GUITAR'A Wonderfully Inspiring Theatrical ExtravaganzaA story of hope through music which takes us to places both faraway and thought provoking... |
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ARTS REVIEW: MUSIC ICONS OF THE 20TH CENTURY EXHIBITIONPop Easel Artist Stanley Ralph Maurer Captures Hendrix, Bowie & The BeatlesThe private opening reception of the latest collection from pop easel artist Stanley Ralph Maurer was created of almost as many layers of wonderful stories as it was by |
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ARTS REVIEW: LA EXCELENCIA - LIVE AT THE SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTERA Salsa Group With Street Cred Brings The Dura Sound into a New CenturyLa Excelencia’s dynamic showl made for a wonderful evening promoting the goal of cultural diversity though music with perhaps the only suggestion being…more cow bell! |
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MUSIC REVIEW: 'THE GREATEST EARS IN TOWN'A Treat For Music Lovers & a Celebration of a Rare, Influential LifeSo much great music from such a infinitely talented yet unprepossessing and unassuming man. |
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ARTS REVIEW: AN EVENING WITH HERBIE HANCOCK AT THE GRAMMY MUSEUMA Wonderfully Intimate Evening Discussing 'The Imagine Project'He’s continued as one of the most respected jazz pianists and composers of his generation... |
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MUSIC REVIEW: LISA HILTON - 'NUANCE'Jazz & Careful Attention to Music & the Kids in a Special LocationThis particular Saturday had a very special audience of 50 students from the Jr. Blind of America... |
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ARTS REVIEW: DANCE CAMERA WESTA Visual Language Which Happens at the Intersection of Choreography and CinematographyThe opening evening at REDCAT was comprised of five different films ranging from four minutes to 23 minutes. No matter the length, each one has its own beginning, middle |
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ARTS INTERVIEW: MELINDA HILLThe Accidental Bisexual and Other Stories“I hope, when people hear the stories, that they will laugh, cry, and pass them on to their friends..." |
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Christmas "Comfort Food"Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade Annual Winterlit Tree Lighting Ceremony and Holiday Concert. |
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Review: The Vuyani Dance TheatreThis is the kind of performance that is essential in helping to develop global understanding. |
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ARTS INTERVIEW: JO-ANN GEFFENAuthor of 'Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Story Behind the Song'101 of our favorite songs and their writers... |
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MUSIC REVIEW: LIYANA ON THE JOHN LENNON EDUCATIONAL BUS TOURZimbabwean Afro-Fusion Rides into Town on the John Lennon Educational Bus“…Music cheers you up -- if you listen to music, you can handle your problems. Disability does not mean inability. All of us know that we can do amazing things.” Ms. Huss |
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MUSIC COLUMN: ALAN & MARILYN BERGMAN HONOREDHosted by Quincy Jones at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and SciencesJoined on stage by long time friends Barbra Streisand, Michel Legrand, Dave Grusin, Patty Austin and James Newton Howard. |
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FILM REVIEW: 'TOKYO!'Surreal Triptych Captures the Imagination & Makes Sense of the Modern MetropolisSurrealism and artful absurdity make so much sense when dealing with metropolitan life. |